Improvement in cask-washing- machines



tutes ilatent WILLIM JOHNSON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,

Letters Patent No. 90,550, dated May 25, 1869.

The Schedule eferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of Vthesame.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JOHNSON, of the city and county ofMilwaukee, and State' of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cask-Washers; and I'do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableYthose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beingr hadto the accom-panying drawing, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1' is a perspective view.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section. `Similar letters of reference in eachof' the figures indicate corresponding parts. 4

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for Washing barrelsand casks outside and inside'. A, the bed-frame.

B B B B, standards forthe slides. O, pillow-block for the driving-shaft.D, stationary cylinder. E, hollow reciprocating cylinder-rod. F,bevel-wheel on cyliudenrod E, with a feather in its eye, fitting intothe groove in cylinder-rod E.l

G, bevel-wheel ondriving-shaft, gearing into wheel F. H, driving-shaft,one end working into a rest on cylinder D, and the other supported bythe pillow-block frame C.

I, ily-wheel.

K K, slides, working in the tops of standards B. L L, cross-heads. `M,pitman.

O, keeper on the top of cylinder D. P, keeper on the under side ofcylinder D. p These keepers have a semicircle, fitting into a recessturned in the hub of wheel F, to hold it in gear. Q Q, barrel ortask-holders, screwed on to the ends of cylinder-rod E.

R B, screws to hold the casks in place.

S S S S, springs in the holders, to steady the casks.

T, pipe to convey water to the cylinder D.

U, holes in cylinder-rod E, for the water to pass through, to beconveyed through cylinder-rod E to the bungs of the casks, and intothem, for washing the inside.

' V V, branch pipe.

W W, sprinklers, through which water is thrown to .vash the outsideofthe casks.

X X, casks in the machine, to be washed.

Y, crank-pin.

Operation.

Put the casks in the machine as shown, thev ends of the hollowcylinder-rod E fitting into the bungs of the casks. v'Iuru ou the water,and it will pass into thev casks, andl also will be forced throughV thesprinklers W W on to the outside of the casks. l

The machine may be put into operation by a belt around a pulley on shaftH, or it may be operated by hand, by the crank-pin Y. As the shaft H isrevolved,

the casks are given a rotary motion, and a reciproeat-- ing at the sainetime, by the pitman M.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A barrel-washing machine, constructed with bedframe A, standards B BB B, cylinder 1,), cylinder-rod E, bevel-wheels F and G, driving-shaftH, slides K K', cross-heads L L, pitman M, and keepers O and P, substantially as described.

2. Cask-,holder Q, screw R, springs S S, operated by cylinder-rod E,substantially as described.

3. vCylinder D, pipes `T and V, sprinkler W, and hole's U, incylinder-rod E, for the purpose of supplying water, substantially asdescribed:

Witnesses: y WM. JOHNSON.

PERGY B. SMITH, H. S. Look.

